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Teenager Wins Intel Science Fair: Grows Algae Under Bed to Make Bio-Fuel

Teenager Wins Intel Science Fair: Grows Algae under Bed to Make Bio-Fuel

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A program of Society for Science & the Public, the competition encourages high school seniors to seek solutions to some of the world's largest problems, from medical treatments to environmental solutions. A 17-year-old … Second-place honors and $ 75 …
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Students explore the wonders of the brain

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Notch Holds Promise, but Presents Obstacles as Cancer Target

Notch Holds Promise, but Presents Obstacles as Cancer Target

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Working in a laboratory at the National Institutes of Health, Benjamin W. Purow, MD, became the first researcher to demonstrate that the Notch pathway plays a role in gliomas. … Furthermore, in recent years we have realized that not all cancer cells …
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Synteract and Harrison Clinical Research Close Deal to Form Multinational CRO

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Disparities Seen in Addiction Treatment

Disparities Seen in Addiction Treatment

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Roughly half of all black and Hispanic patients who enter publicly funded alcohol treatment programs do not complete treatment, compared to 62 percent of white patients, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania …
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Imaging No Help in Endovascular Tx for Stroke

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Drugs Don't Benefit Preschoolers With Attention Disorder

Drugs Don't Benefit Preschoolers With Attention Disorder

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ADHD affects 3 percent to 5 percent of school-age children, mostly boys, according to the National Institutes of Health. Treatments include medication and behavior therapy. The ailment increases the likelihood of drug and alcohol abuse and difficulty …
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Correction: Treating Trauma Survivors story

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School-based counseling treatments showed the most promise, but there's no hard proof that anxiety drugs or other medication work and far more research is needed to provide solid answers, say the authors who reviewed 25 studies. Their report was …
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Theft Suspect Admits to Sufficient Facts

Theft suspect admits to sufficient facts

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While on probation, Galvin, who takes medication for ADHD, must continue with counseling, submit to a drug abuse evaluation and treatment. McCallum opted for a continued without a finding, verses the guilty finding requested by prosecutors, because she …
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NIH study finds missed opportunities for underage alcohol screening

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Recent Editorials From Texas Newspapers

Recent editorials from Texas newspapers

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Rick Perry and Texas health officials confidently announced last fall that the state was ready to run and pay for the Women's Health Program, which serves low-income women ages 18 to 44. The program provides contraceptives to women who … The impact …
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Mary O'Connor Dead: Hugh Hefner's Longtime Secretary Dies

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